Missing Medicines

It’s a scandal that millions of people die every year of killer diseases because it is not profitable to develop a treatment. If the Research and Development of medicines was based on global need, instead of profit, millions of lives could be saved.

12 May 2016

Health Poverty Action are asking the UK government to lead the way in reforming Research and Development.

Please sign up to their Missing Medicines campaign to pledge your commitment to the fight for the development of medicines based on need, not profit.There are millions of people around the world struggling for health, whose stories go untold.

They will send you email updates so you can find out more about the campaign and when to take action. They’ll also let you know a bit more about Health Poverty Action’s work in general and the ways you can support the millions of people around the world struggling for health.

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This event will launch Harm Reduction International's latest report on this issue and discuss how abolishing the death penalty for drug offemnces could serve as an entry point for broader abolition efforts.